Academic Section
The University of Essex delivers a transformational education to our students and puts their success at the heart of our mission, supporting every student from every background to achieve outstanding outcomes, and nurturing our community of educators to support and promote student success.
In order to continue to deliver our commitment to the success of every student and to realising the potential of their Essex Spirit through their contribution to our shared mission, we have established a new Student Development Services team within the Academic Section to bring together key activities to better support our ambitious new Strategic Plan.
Our vision is the provision of integrated leadership across the cognate areas of academic skills and employability support in order to maximise the synergies between them for the benefit of our students. Student Development plays a key role in supporting our ambitious targets in relation to student success and graduate outcomes.
Duties of the Role
The Careers Information Coordinator represents an exciting opportunity to work within a team to develop and deliver information and support to our students. The successful candidate will bring innovative approaches to communicating careers information, and have a passion for helping students succeed.
This is a permanent, part-time post, 21 hours per week (0.58FTE) to be worked over 3 days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday).
Skills and Qualifications required
The post holder will have excellent communication skills, the ability to research information and convey ideas in a clear and understandable way. They will be educated to honours degree level or have equivalent experience.
At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.
To support this commitment we have our Global Forum, a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see: https://www.essex.ac.uk/life/student-facilities/religion-and-faith
Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).
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